Asiana Airlines passengers sue over San Francisco crash

Jan. 18, 2014
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In this July 6, 2013, photo provided by passenger Benjamin Levy, passengers from Asiana Airlines flight 214, many with their luggage, gather on the tarmac just moments after the plane crashed at the San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco. Three people were killed and 304 passengers survived. / Benjamin Levy AP

by Larry Copeland, USA TODAY

by Larry Copeland, USA TODAY

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A group of passengers who were aboard an Asiana Airlines flight that crash-landed last summer at a San Francisco airport filed a personal injury lawsuit against aircraft manufacturer Boeing, according to media accounts.

Roughly 100 plaintiffs, many of them South Korean or Chinese nationals, say that Boeing knew or should have known that its 777 passenger jet had inadequate auto-throttle control and low-airspeed warnings systems, says the suit filed in Cook County Circuit Court by the Chicago-based firm Ribbeck Law Chartered, the Chicago Tribune reported.

"We are asking for damages to be paid to the passengers and asking the court to hold Boeing partially liable," Monica Kelly, an attorney for Ribbeck Law, told CNN on Saturday.

The lawsuit also contends that Boeing knew or should have known the airline's pilots were not properly trained in basic landing and safety management protocols, and that the pilots of Asiana Airlines Flight 214 were not qualified to fly on July 6, 2013, according to the Tribune.

Asiana Airlines Flight 214 crashed on the runway at San Francisco International Airport on July 6. Three passengers were killed and more than 180 injured; 307 people were aboard the plane when it crashed.